Michael Nunez

May 13th

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It appears that Google could soon releaseÂ its promisedÂ redesigned Calendar app for iPhoneÂ after first making the announcement and releasing the app for AndroidÂ last November. The Next WebÂ this morningÂ shared a handfulÂ of leaked screenshots that provide a first look at Google Calendar for iOS, including info cards that indicateÂ Gmail, Photos and Maps integration will be key features of the app.

The screenshots show that the app will have side-by-side calendars for both a monthly overview and closer day-to-day agendaÂ of tasks and important dates. Reservations for flights, restaurants and more are automatically added from your Gmail inbox, alongside photos and maps for viewing your upcoming events at a glance. Built-in notification settings are included.

The app is based on Google’s new Material Design language found across its other iPhone apps like Inbox and Google Maps. The report does not offer up any further details about the app, but we should find out soon when it hits the App Store. This will mark the first time that Google offers a standalone Calendar app for iPhone.

Joe Rossignol

January 19th

Apple’s iPhone 6 announcement is close, and that means the leaks are coming in at an even quicker pace.Â New photos reveal possible iPhone 6 components and may answer a burning question about the device’s camera setup. If previous rumors and leaked schematics are true, it looks like Apple’s next generation iPhone will still ship with a True Tone flash…

After the first renders and dummies that claimed to showcase the iPhone 6’s design hit the Web, many were concerned with the circular flash opening on the backside of the mockup’s housing. Apple moved to an pill-shaped flash opening when the True Tone flash was introduced with iPhone 5s and it’s hard to see it moving back to a single LED flash.

New photos from Luma Commerce (via NowhereElse.fr), show a circular flash component that may belong to the iPhone 6.Â As you can see in the photo above, there are clearly two different colored LEDs within the circular flash module. Of course, there’s no way to verify that these images are genuine, but the part lines up with the device’s rumored design and mockups we’ve seen. Unfortunately, due to the slim form factor, we’re still unsure if the camera components will be protruding or not.

Dom Esposito

August 11th

Sonny Dickson has posted images today which claim to show the casing for the next generation iPhone. The metal shell, which closely resembled both the industrial design of the current iPod touch and iPad Air, appears to be of unibody construction. While it’s impossible to verify the legitimacy of these images at this time, they provide an interesting look at what Apple might be planning.

We’ve been hearing reports that the next iPhone will feature a larger, sapphire crystal display, and these images support those rumors, sporting what looks like much larger casing. The report also hints that the current iPhone 5s may stick around, but be manufactured out of cheaper materials, alongside both 4.7 and 5.5″ iPhone models.

Here’s an extremely rough mockup of the iPhone 5′s casing superimposed over Dickson’s image, showing possible size differences between the two cases.

Next generation iPhone rumors have varied far and wide at this point, with the WSJ claiming Apple is testing prototype 4.7 and 5.7″, or even 4.8 to 6″Â iPhone displays, while Bloomberg has noted Apple may be planning on larger, curved displays. Of course, at this point, we’re still 8 months or so out from a new iPhone, and Apple tests a wide variety of designs, so it’s very likely things could still change quite a bit.

Michael Steeber

February 12th

Yesterday we reported on a presentation by security researcherÂ Jacob Appelbaum that reportedly showed leaked NSA documents in which the agency claimed to have a â100 percent success rateâ at installing spyware on iPhones. Following those accusations, Apple has officially responded in a statement provided to TechCrunch:

Apple has never worked with the NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone. Additionally, we have been unaware of this alleged NSA program targeting ourÂ products. We care deeply about our customersâ privacy and security. Â Our team is continuously working to make our products even more secure, and we make it easy for customersÂ to keep their software up to date with the latest advancements. Â Whenever we hear about attempts to undermine Appleâs industry-leading security, we thoroughly investigate andÂ take appropriate steps to protect our customers. Â We will continue to use our resources to stay ahead of malicious hackers and defend our customers from security attacks,Â regardless of whoâs behind them.

The leaked NSA documents detailed in Appelbaum’s presentation above and first released on German news siteÂ Der SpiegelÂ claimed an NSA program calledÂ DROPOUTJEEP allowed officials toÂ access almost all data stored on an iPhone, including location, text messages, contact lists, and the device’sÂ microphone and camera. The reports claimed the NSA needed physical access to devices to install the spyware– something it could accomplish by intercepting online shipments– but a version that could be remotely installed was reportedly in development. Apple’s statement today seems to address Appelbaum’s accusation (below) that Apple might have had prior knowledge of the program:

âEither [the NSA] have a huge collection of exploits that work against Apple products, meaning they are hoarding information about critical systems that American companies produce, and sabotaging them, or Apple sabotaged it themselves,â

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Casey Chan

September 25th

So with the iPhone 5S, Apple introduced a new ‘Space Gray’ color that is its new black. Not in that tired fashionista way where trends are considered the new black but in a completely literal way in that Apple is calling its black ‘Space Gray’. So maybe it’s not surprising that a supposedly leaked iPad Mini 2 casing shows that it’s also doused in ‘Space Gray’.